Stock-watering fountain



Dec.- 11-, 1923.

A. G. D. KREY STOCK WATERINQ FOUNTAIN Filed Dec. 30 1922 AUGUST e. D. KREY, OEHWAGNER, SOUTH DAKOTA.

sroomwarnnme FOUNTAIN.

Application filedDeceinber 30, 1922. Serial No. 609,952.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known'that I, AUeUsrG. D. KREY, a citizen of no country, residing at Wagner, in the county of CharlesMix, State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Watering Fountains; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andeigact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains' to make and use the same. 1 q

This invention relates to'new and useful improvements in stock watering devices and particularly'to stock watering, fountains or troughs. a I I One object of the invention is to-iprovide device of this character which is; readily capableIo-f being attached to the side of a water tank, barrel, or other'waterreceptaclefrom which to receive asupply,',and wherein the supply of water 1s delivered, automatically to the drinking bowl or trough.

Another object is to'p-rovide a device of this. character which is. readily capable of attachment to a tank, and whereinthe water may be drawn from thetank by sypho'nio action. I e

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing. o

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention applied to the side of a tank, the tank being shown in section, and the syphon being used.

Figure 2 is vertical sectional view through the device on the line 2-2 of Fig-- ure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents a portion of a tank to which the invention is attached.

As seen in the drawing, 11. is a trough which has the upstanding lip or flange 12, in the central portion of the back wall of the trough, and formed in the upper por tion of this flange is the central opening 13, and-the two horizontal slots 14:. At each side of the flange 12 the-upper edge of the trough has an aperturedlug 15, and extending from the center of the upper edge of the front wall of th trough is a similar apertured lug 16. A cover is disposed over the central portion of the trough, and includes the vertical sidewalls "17, which extend downwardly fromthe horizontal top wall 18, to points adjacent the bottom of the trough, and in the. rear portion of the upper wall there'aire formed the rearwar'dly extending tongues 19 which enter thebeforementioned slots 14, while an apertured tongue 20 'extends from the other or front side of the cover and rests on. the lug. 16, to receive a clamping bolt 21 therethrough.

Disposed in the opening 13 is the central.

leg of the T-coupling 22, which is disposed within the trough with its other branches arranged in aavertical line. A nut 23 is engaged on the before-mentioned leg of the coupling, externally of the trough, to-v hold the coupling against movement, a web 24.

being'formed on the lower portion of the coupling for disposition within the opening 13 to hold the coup-ling from rotation. In

the outer end of the said leg of the'l' coupling there is screwed a plug '25. Disposed vertically through the lugs 15 are the vertical legs of the L-shaped clamping members 26, which engage with the bottom of the tank 10, as seen in Figure 1. Between the tongues 19, and extending inwardly of the top wall of the cover, is an open-ended "slot 27, through which is disposed the lower end of the vertical pipe 28, said lower end 'being threaded and. engaged in the upper branch of the T-coup-ling 22. The lower end of the coupling 22 is slightly beveled as shown at 29, to form a. seat for the valve disk 30.

Pivotally connected to the before-mention'ed web 24, by oneof its arms, is a yoke shaped lever 31, the other arm of which is longer than the first arm and is longitudinally curved, as shown at 32. Disposed through an openingin the outer end of the arm 32, is the threaded stem 33 of the ball float 34:, nuts being engaged on the stem above and below the said arm, whereby to permit adjustment of the ball, and to hold the ball against movement relative to the arm. Disposed through the bight of the yoke, whichbight is disposed directly beneath the seat 29, is a vertical bolt 35, the same being disposed through the said disk 30, with the head resting on the upper face of thedisk- ()n the bolt 35, between thedisk 30, and the bight of the yoke, is a conical. washer, the apex of which rests on the bight while the edge of the Wider end engages against the lower face of the disk. The

upper obtuse angularly bent end of a second vertically disposed pipe 38 is engaged in an other branch of the coupling, while a plug 39' is engaged in the remaining branch thereof.

, This lattervertical pipe 38 is disposed within the tank, with its lower end submerged in the water thereof, and forms, with the pipe 28, a siphon, for drawing water LELOIH the tank and discharging it into the trough. Extending between the pipes 28 and 38,

*adjacent their upper ends, is a bar 4&0, the

lower edge of which is formed with the notches 4:1 for interchangeable engagement with the upper edge of the wallet the tank,

and cooperates with the L-shaped clamps to hold the trough'in proper position against the outer face of the tank.

\V hen the siphon is not used,'the pipe. 28

is removed from the T-coupling 22,- and the plug removed therefrom. while a nipple 25, shown in dotted lines iitFigure 1', is disposed within an opening in the side of the tank. A plug is, of course, screwed into the branch of the coupling from which-the pipe 28 is removed. Then the water flows from the tank,- through the nipple 25', by gravity. The deviceniaybe attached to the side of a barrel in any suitable manner, without or with they siphon.

,The upper ends of the Lshaped clamps are threaded and have nuts thereon to adjust the clainps'vertically through the lugs,

What is claimed is:

The combination with a supply tank, an auxiliary tank, and/a siphon having one leg in the supply tank and the other leg in the auxiliary tank, of a bracket in the auxiliary tank supporting the lowerend of the said otherleg, a float lever in the form of: a yoke in the auxiliary tank and having OIlQ BQQl pivotally connected with the said bracket,

a stem disposed loosely through the hight ol the yoke, a-conical, member on the stem and having itsapex resting on the said bight, and a valve diskon the. larger end of the conicalnieniber lor closing-the said other leg of the siphon.

in -'testin1onywhereofylaihx my signat'ur'e, in the presence of two witnesses.

' T AUGUST'G, D. KREY. Witnesses: i p Cries. B: FoUnL1;, \GLARA A. CIHAK. 

